Japan has hit a "critical point" where it risks losing investor confidence if politicians fail to reach agreement on how to rein in the ballooning national debt, a cabinet minister has warned.

日本一位内阁部长警告说，日本正处于“紧要关头”，如果政界无法就如何控制不断膨胀的国家债务达成共识，可能导致投资者丧失信心。

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Face so of circumstance, cabinet in Japan and you to Japan economy whether very optimism?

面对这样的情况，日本内阁以及您本人对日本经济是不是很乐观呢？

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The Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshito Sengoku, said officials "should be careful not to arouse narrow-minded extreme nationalism", not just in China, but in Japan and other countries too.

内阁首席秘书仙谷由人说，双方官方“应当注意不要挑动狭隘的极端民族主义”，不仅仅是在中国，也包括在日本与其他一些国家。

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Japan's chief Cabinet secretary, Takeo Kawamura,said the government is assuming this latest launch will go ahead as promised by North Korea despite international diplomatic objections.

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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Japan -- a staunch U.S. ally -- stood by its decision to back the war because Iraq still posed a threat because it had previously been developing such weapons and it was not clear whether it had abandoned those programs.

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Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Osamu Fujimura, called the statue "extremely regrettable", the Associated Press reports.

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Yoshihide Suga, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, has confirmed the deaths of the two Japanese tourists.

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